Size and Growth of Japanese Plants in the United States

Bruce Blonigen and KaSaundra Tomlin

No 7275, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Using a unique database on all Japanese manufacturing plants in the United States, we examine the relationship between plant size and growth for these foreign-owned plants. These plants average sizes are three times larger than comparable U.S. plants and experienced 30 percent growth from 1987 through 1990, while U.S. average plant sizes declined over the same period. Our estimates strongly reject Gibrat's Law for these plants, and suggest that smaller plants grow faster. We also find learning affects plant-level growth. Newer plants grow quicker and previous investments by the parent firm mean slower growth, particularly for automobile-related plants. Both are consistent with inexperienced firms growing faster as they learn.

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Date: 1999-07
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Published as Blonigen, Bruce A. and KaSaundra Tomlin. "Size And Growth Of Japanese Plants In The United States," International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2001, v19(5,May), 931-952.

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